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98fm morning crew ring a dead guy

  • 30-04-2008 9:59am
    #1
    smilingeyerish
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    did anyone hear "blast from the past" this morning on 98fm with the morning crew? its where they do prank calls and pretend they have talked to or met the person they are ringing before.....this morning was so cringey!! the guy they rang looking for had actually died a week ago!!!


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  • #2
    _feedback_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,274 ✭✭✭_feedback_


    smilingeyerish wrote: »
    did anyone hear "blast from the past" this morning on 98fm with the morning crew? its where they do prank calls and pretend they have talked to or met the person they are ringing before.....this morning was so cringey!! the guy they rang looking for had actually died a week ago!!!

    Jaysus :eek:

    Did the person they were talking to take it in good spirits? Or the radio station tell them?

    Not an easy situation for the presenter to find themselves in!


  • #3
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    This thread needs an mp3. Lol.


  • #4
    smilingeyerish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 135 ✭✭smilingeyerish


    the presenter didnt really come out of character, he just said "oh im very sorry to hear that, sorry to bother you" then when the call ended the other presenter said "oh my god i cant believe you carried on, as in he didnt say that it was a joke, they promised to ring the guy back and explain though. it was awful!


  • #5
    _feedback_
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    Sherifu wrote: »
    This thread needs an mp3. Lol.

    True ! !


  • #6
    Slicklink
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Slicklink


    A well researched prank phone call so.

    Whats more annoying is that 98 still chose to air it as the majority of prank calls are actually pre-recorded. Bad taste. Does not make entertaining radio.

    Hopefully in the interests of taste and decency, it was staged.


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  • #7
    MaltHouse Mouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭MaltHouse Mouse


    It makes for shock radio which alot of people like and do actually find amusing, as weird as it may be.


  • #8
    RoundyMooney
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    Crank calls are painfully unfunny IMO.

    Ring a UK company and play the gombeen Irishman, complete with inside jokes.

    Hil-bloody-arious.

    The earlier "set-ups", as requested by family/friends/colleagues of the recipient at least had some redeeming features about them.


  • #9
    silvine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    Any sign of an mp3? It's unfortunate but hardly malicous.


  • #10
    Kensington
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    Who's to say the person they had rung wasn't in on the whole thing? :)


  • #11
    Dub13
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    Why is morning radio in Ireland so bad..?


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  • #12
    Bondvillain
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    Kensington wrote: »
    Who's to say the person they had rung wasn't in on the whole thing? :)

    What a horrible prospect.

    I think I'd prefer that it was just a really unfunny, badly researched, poorly executed, lowest-common-denominator "comedy" item rather than a deliberately misleading open-ended schoolboy humour exercise in bad taste.


  • #13
    The Muppet
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    MaltHouse Mouse wrote: »
    It makes for shock radio which alot of people like and do actually find amusing, as weird as it may be.

    True but it's so obviously a set up. No station making such calls puts them live to air .


  • #14
    Sizzler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    The two lads on that show are their own biggest fans, they just can't help laughing at themselves :rolleyes:


  • #15
    Paddy P
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭Paddy P


    what a bunch of plonkers


  • #16
    petals
    Closed Accounts Posts: 493 ✭✭petals


    Sizzler wrote: »
    The two lads on that show are their own biggest fans, they just can't help laughing at themselves :rolleyes:


    Such a negative thread!

    Unfortunate lack of research for the call if it was pre-recorded it shouldn't have been aired.. that's their choice.

    Toll Trolls still rock!!!


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